Céremony

In a near-future where perception of minors in distress is heavily filtered, the only survivor of a city erased in an apocalyptic strike, a 12-year-old girl, is interviewed to tell the world what happened. But she holds the key to a darker truth about children in our society.

CÉREMONY is a visual fable about aesthetic capture, desensitization, and the cost of protecting the world from the reality of trauma.

The film's visuals were entirely created with Google AI models – namely Imagen 4 Preview for character design, Gemini 3 Pro Image (aka Nano Banana Pro) for keyframes, and Veo 3.1 for video. Voices created with ElevenLabs V3 Alpha. Music composed with

Suno V5. Upscaling via Topaz Starlight and Topaz Proteus. Color grading and grain via Dehancer Pro.

Korean Subtitles provided by: Ha Ji-seon & Jeon Se-hoon

🏆 Top 12 Finalist of the $1,000,000 AI Film Award 2026 by 1Billion Follower Summit & Google Gemini 🏆 Grand Prize at the Indywood International AI Cinefest 2026

🏆 Winner "Best Short Film" & "Best AI-Themed Short" at Universal Sci-fi & Fantastic Film Festival 2026 (US3F26) 🏆 Winner "Shared Trace" Category at Unhuman Shorts II 2026 🏆 Winner "Best AI Film" at 5th Children's, Science, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival 2026 🏆 Winner "Best Director AI Film" at New York City Independent Film Festival 2026 🏆 Winner "Best AI Short Film" at Qld AI Festival 2026 🏆 Winner "Best AI Film" at Hanyang International Shorts Awards (HISA) 2026 🏆 Winner "Silver Award" in "AI Short Film" at Bali International AI Film Festival 2026 🏆 "Special Jury Prize in AI Cinema" at 4th MetaCannes Film3 Festival 2026 🏆 Special Jury Mention "Best AI Film" at GLOW International Film Festival 2026 🏆 Honorable Mention "Best AI Film" at Titan International Film Festival, 4th Edition 2025

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